Latin

Proper noun

Hippō m ‎(genitive Hippōnis); third declension

1. The name of several cities in the Hellenistic world, especially:
   1. Hippo Regius (an ancient city, famed home of St Augustine, near modern Annaba, Algeria)
   2. Hippo Diarrhytus, now known as Bizerte (a city in modern Tunisia)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

References

• Hippo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Hippo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

hippo ‎(plural hippos)

1. Short for hippopotamus.
   • 2006 "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.

Derived terms

• hippo fly